Karnataka: Yediyurappa inaugurates Veer Savarkar flyover amid opposition
Despite opposition from the Congress and JD(S), Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday inaugurated and named a flyover in Yelahanka after Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar.
The 400-metre flyover was scheduled to be unveiled by Yediyurappa on May 28 this year, the birth anniversary of Savarkar, but Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) called off the ceremony at the last moment citing Covid-19 lockdown.
The Bengaluru’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) built the flyover at the cost of Rs 34 crore. The project of constructing the flyover began in September 2017 on the Major Sandeep r-amid-opposition-to-naming-6588147/shnan Road linking Yelahanka New Town with Vidyaranyapura area in North Bengaluru.
